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Place Value Snap

LEVELS

Grade 3 - 6

SKILLS

place value 1 to 100

immediate recall

PLAYERS

2

EQUIPMENT

playing cards Ace (=1) through 9

GETTING STARTED

Two players sit side-by-side and divide the cards evenly between themselves.

At the same time, each player turns over one card. One player is assigned to turn over the number in the tens
place; the other player turns over the number in the ones place. The player who calls out the correct number first
gets to keep both cards.

For example:
--- The player who is assigned to turn over the tens place card turns over a 5.
--- The player who is assigned to turn over the ones place card turns over a 7.
--- The first player to call out the number (57) gets to keep both cards.

Play continues until one player has collected all of the cards. In the event of a tie (both players call out the
number at the same time), players leave their cards in a "tie pile." This pile builds until one player gives a correct
answer before the other. That player will take the two cards just turned over plus all of the cards in the
tie pile.

VARIATION

Play with three cards and build numbers into the hundreds.

Joanne Currah and Jane Felling have created two best-selling math game books -- Shuffling Into Math
(for teachers of grades K-3) and All Hands on Deck (grades 1-9). Each book includes simple instructions
for more than 100 math games that help children discover math concepts and reinforce math skills. Education
World is pleased to present a selection of those activities in this series.

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